3 takeaways from RSL’s loss to Minnesota

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando (18) as Real Salt Lake hosts the San Jose Earthquakes, MLS soccer at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy on Wednesday Sept. 11, 2019.In the last few seasons, RSL has been known as a team that likes to possess the ball. And this season especially, it’s been working more on building out of the back and controlling tempo by making sure it makes accurate passes.

But Minnesota came into Sunday’s game with on obvious game plan: just let RSL have it as much as it wants. That’s exactly what led to RSL’s 61% possession.

But it’s almost as if so much possession and passes (621-391 advantage for Real) caused some sloppiness, and the…